Jack Black and Kyle Gass were the twin visionaries behind
Tenacious D.: two sloppy dudes strumming and wailing the
hysterically funny '70s faux-metal ballads that had made them
legendary for their L.A. club gigs. (Black went on to a big-time
screen career in movies such as School of Rock and, um, Shallow
Hal.) The D's long-awaited debut album is an angel-dustrial
bong-water brew of Styx, Rush, and...